Eight wounded in gunfire and knife attacks around NYC West Indian Day Parade

At least eight people were wounded around Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade route, despite an NYPD deployment numbering in the thousands, the New York Post reported. Three people were shot, three were stabbed and two were slashed during Monday’s festivities, the New York Post reported. The attacks stretched from early-morning J’Ouvert events into the afternoon […]

MAGA Inc. drops $10 million on Texas Senate race to back Paxton against Talarico

Trump's flagship super PAC just made its first major midterm bet, a $10 million ad blitz in Texas to prop up Ken Paxton's Senate bid against a Democrat who has outraised him by millions. MAGA Inc. filed a federal independent expenditure on September 4 splitting the money evenly: $5 million to support Paxton, the Republican […]

Search underway for 26-year-old hiker who vanished on off-trail route in Olympic National Park

A 26-year-old hiker has been missing for days after he never returned from a solo off-trail backcountry traverse in Washington state's Olympic National Park, prompting an urgent search by the National Park Service. Neil Gehring left the Madison Falls Trailhead last Monday with a backcountry permit for a planned route from Boulder Lake to Appleton […]

Financial Times poll puts Trump approval at record-low 33% as midterm headwinds build

A new Financial Times/Focaldata poll pegs President Trump's job approval at just 33 percent, a record low for the series, as rising fuel costs, tariff blowback, and the war with Iran erode support even among Republican voters. The online survey of 1,914 registered voters, conducted in late August, found Trump's approval dropped three percentage points […]

Missouri AG urges Supreme Court to restore GOP-backed congressional map after state court blocks it

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that blocked the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map and ordered a statewide referendum, warning of “unprecedented chaos” if the ruling stands. The state’s redistricting battle escalated this week after the Missouri Supreme Court threw out the new congressional […]

Elon Musk’s America PAC pours millions into Texas as Republicans fight to hold Senate seat

Elon Musk’s America PAC has ramped up spending in Texas to support GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton, as Republicans scramble to overcome a fundraising deficit and defend their Senate majority in a high-stakes race Democrats hope to flip. Texas, a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, is suddenly the focus of […]

House Democrats in turmoil after two members join GOP to hand Trump a crucial win

Two House Democrats broke ranks and voted with Republicans to advance key GOP-backed measures, handing former President Trump’s party a political victory and provoking fury and calls for punishment from their own leadership. Democratic Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State and Jared Golden of Maine crossed the aisle on Tuesday to support a Republican […]

Inspector general finds former Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer abused office, visited strip club on personal trip

A Department of Labor inspector general report found former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated conduct standards across six areas of alleged misconduct, from a strip club visit to drinking on the job, capping a scandal that forced her resignation months ago. The Labor Department's Office of Inspector General released its investigative report Thursday, concluding that Chavez-DeRemer's […]

Former podcaster indicted for allegedly threatening to assassinate President Trump

Federal agents arrested a former Christian reality TV host and podcaster in Los Angeles after a grand jury indicted him on charges of threatening to kill President Trump, cyberstalking Trump's personal attorney, and telephonic harassment, charges that carry up to 12 years in federal prison. Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, was taken into custody early on […]

Maine's highest court bars mother from bringing daughter to church, setting up Supreme Court fight

Maine's Supreme Judicial Court has sided with a father who sought to block his ex from taking their daughter to an evangelical church, a ruling her attorneys call an unprecedented assault on parental religious freedom now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court issued its opinion on Tuesday, affirming a lower court custody order […]